Sound Judgment Overview You’re responsible for supervising those who ride your ATV. Your wisdom is valuable... it’ll bring them all back safely – your friends, your family, your relatives, and your ATV. It’s crucial that you consider yourself a supervisor for all riders of your ATV. Whether you accept responsibility or not, the truth is that you are responsible for others riding your ATV. Taking Responsibility You’re to the last letter in “PASS”... “Supervision.” You’ve just gone th- rough the manual, and you’ve seen what’s involved. That puts you in a good position to be confi dent about what you know. So now it’s time to use your knowledge and supervise others who ride your ATV.
SOUND JUDGMENT Inexperienced/Untrained Riders You can’t let people ride your ATV who don’t know what they’re doing. Unless they’ve had over a year of experience with ATV riding or taken an ATV training course, it’s your responsibility to keep them off your ATV. It can be dangerous (especially for underaged children) – all the more reason for you to be fi rm. Experienced/Trained Riders If anyone is going to borrow your ATV, you are responsible for their supervision. Before they ride, have them take the training course, have them watch the safety video, and have them read the Operator’s Manual. You train them. It doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as you do it.
ATV’s are all a little different from the handling to the stability to the controls. So regardless of how much experience your family members have with ATV’s, they don’t have experience with your ATV. Let expe- rienced riders get familiar with your ATV – show them the basics be- fore they take off. You don’t want it on your conscience that someone got hurt because you didn’t tell them how to use your ATV. Remember that regardless of experience, you should never let anyone under the age of 16 operate your ATV. 55